Charleston ironclad building
Naval works, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1865
CHARLESTON IRONCLADS
James M. Eason built the ironclad ram CSS Chicora here in 1862 under contract. CSS Palmetto State, completed in 1862, used boilers built by the local firm Cameron and Company. Confederates destroyed both ironclads when Charleston was evacuated on February 18, 1865.
Then
James M. Eason built the ironclad ram CSS Chicora at Charleston in 1862 under contract. CSS Palmetto State, completed in 1862, used boilers built by the local firm Cameron and Company.
Confederates destroyed both ironclads when Charleston was evacuated on February 18, 1865.
Now
Lines owned by CSX, Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Charleston today.
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